Harvard Innovations and New Practices in Internal Medicine 2026

Description

Include: 48 videos + 48 file sub vtt + 48 pdfs, size: 17.78 GB

Target Audience: internists, family medicine physicians, and hospital medicine physicians

1. Overview

Course Date: May 11, 2026 – May 15, 2026

The State of the Art in Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine: Innovations and New Practices 2026 is a live online course, using live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies.

This program provides a comprehensive update of the most important changes now impacting Internal Medicine and guidance on how to incorporate these changes into your clinical practice to improve patient outcomes.

Practical, Fast-Paced, Online Education

This live streaming educational experience is fast paced, relevant to the current healthcare environment, and draws upon real-life cases. The course is designed and led by Harvard Medical School’s clinical faculty who are leaders in their respective fields and are instrumental in bringing these novel developments to clinical medicine. It offers updates and advances in diagnostic and treatment approaches, covering the broad spectrum of internal medicine specialties:

• Cardiovascular Medicine
• Pulmonology
• Oncology
• Dermatology
• Addiction Medicine
• Endocrinology
• Geriatrics
• Rheumatology
• Gastroenterology
• Neurology
• Infectious Diseases
• Nephrology
• Allergy/Immunology
• Women’s Health
• Psychiatry

Guidance to Improve Diagnosis, Treatment, and Clinical Outcomes

Highlights of this program include:

• Comprehensive updates on new anticoagulants and their antidotes
• New paradigms in medication management of diabetes
• Update on continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps
• Medical and surgical therapy for obesity management
• Latest developments on the use of SGLT-2 inhibitors in heart failure
• Update in menopause management
• Advances in percutaneous aortic and mitral valve therapies
• Current and future role of AI in medicine
• Exercise for health 2026
• Novel therapies for lipid management
• Up-to-date guidance for management of opioid use disorder
• Optimal management of irritable bowel syndrome
• Advancing patient equity in medicine
• The latest in cancer screening
• Updates in dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
• Best practices for responsible antibiotic use
• Update in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)
• What’s new in vaccines for 2026

New in 2026: Longevity Symposium

Monday Afternoon, 2:45-5:30 pm
Discover how the rapidly developing field of Longevity Medicine empowers clinicians to extend longevity and quality of life for aging patients. Experts in aging research and clinical practice lead this in-depth exploration, including:

• Aging biomarkers
• Aging and the cardiovascular system
• Clinical applications
• Integrating longevity strategies into practice
• Case-based discussion

2. Learning Objectives

• Evaluate and integrate new pharmacological agents and clinical guidelines for managing diabetes, obesity, lipid disorders, and cardiovascular disease.

• Apply evidence-based updates in rheumatology, geriatrics, infectious diseases, and gastroenterology to optimize primary care practice.

• Assess the clinical relevance of emerging trends, including AI (ChatGPT) in medicine, the science of longevity and aging biomarkers, and the impact of climate change on health.

• Formulate comprehensive management plans for women’s health issues, including menopause, gynecologic cancer screening, and thyroid disease in pregnancy.

• Navigate complex patient scenarios, including opioid use disorder, depression, anxiety, and the responsible use of antibiotics and vaccines.

3. Target Audience

Best for internists, family medicine physicians, and primary care providers who want comprehensive updates on new practices across medical subspecialties.

Who Should Participate

PHYSICIANS, NPs, PAs in the fields of :

• Internal Medicine
• Family Medicine
• Geriatric Medicine
• Hospital Medicine

… and medical subspecialists who want to learn about the most important changes impacting internal medicine

4. Topics

1. 00 Welcome Remarks

2. 01 Treatment of Heart Failure in 2026

3. 02 Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy

4. 03 Diabetes Technologies

5. 04 Update in MASLD

6. 05 Hot Topics in Infectious Diseases

7. 06 Pelvic Floor Disorders Medical Management and More

8. 07 Longevity Overview

9. 08 Keynote Aging and Longevity for the Internist Why and Why Now

10. 09 Aging Biomarkers

11. 10 Cardiovascular Disease and Healthspan

12. 11 Longevity Case Discussion

13. 12 Update in Rheumatology

14. 13 Bone Health in 2026

15. 14 The Truth Behind Cannabis Use

16. 15 Update in Geriatrics The Latest Studies and Their Clinical Relevance

17. 16 Advances in Gout and Crystal Deposition Disease

18. 17 Asthma Medications in 2026

19. 18 Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Headache

20. 19 Clinical Cases in Dermatology

21. 20 Cancer Screening Cases

22. 21 Responsible Use of Antibiotics

23. 22 Advancing Patient Equity in Medicine

24. 23 Depression and Anxiety

25. 24 What’s New in Vaccines

26. 25 Diabetes Management New Drugs, Approaches, and Guidlelines

27. 26 Recent Advances in Lipid Therapy and Cardiovascular Risk Reduction

28. 27 Update in COPD

29. 28 Atrial Fibrillation

30. 29 Percutaneous Approaches to Valvular Disease

31. 30 Best Practices for Preoperative Evaluation

32. 31 Updates in Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders GERD, Barrett’s Esophagus, and H. pylori

33. 32 Update in Kidney Disease

34. 33 Gynecologic Cancer Screening

35. 34 Dietary Approaches to Obesity Management

36. 35 Primary Aldosteronism

37. 36 Update in Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease

38. 37 What’s New in Obesity Medications, Devices, and Procedures

39. 38 Update on STIs, PrEP, and Doxy PEP

40. 39 AI and Chat GPT

41. 40 Update in Menopause Management

42. 41 Exercise for Health What’s New in 2026

43. 42 What’s New in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

44. 43 Management of Opioid Use Disorder

45. 44 Thrombosis and Anticoagulation

46. 45 Stroke Management in 2026

47. 46 Best Practices in Hypertension Management

48. 47 Climate Change in Medicine Only Video, Slides Not Available.pdf